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WASHING MACHINE.

No. 477,073. Patented June 14, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ALEXANDER II. SI-IAMBAUGH, OF AVILLA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-lfIALFTO ISAAC SHAMBAUGI-l, OF SAME PLACE.

WASHINGHIVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,073, dated June 14,1892. Application filed September 28, 1891. Serial No. 407,054. (Nomodel.)

T all whom it may con/cern:

Beit known that I, ALEXANDER ll. SHAM- BAUGH, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Avilla, in the ,county of Noble and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWashing-Machines; and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear7 and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to 1o which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to Washing machines, and has for its object toprovide a simple and eflicient means for locking a vibrating rubber tothe bail on Which it is mounted. I 5 The improvement consists of thenovel features and the peculiar construction and combination of theparts, which Will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and

which are shown in the annexed drawings,in 2o Wllioll Figure l is aperspective view, parts being broken away,of a Washing-machine embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the suds-box passingjust inside z 5 the closed end of the vibrating rubber. Fig.

3 is a plan view of a portion of the removable rubber.

The suds-box A is of well-known construction and arrangement and issupported on 3o the leg-sections B, which are secured to the sides ofthe said suds-box. The bottom of the suds-box is of sheet-metal,preferably of zinc, and forms a support for the stationary rubber O,which is removably inserted in the suds-box and is held therein byhaving one end extending beneath a cleat D at one end of the suds-boxand a camturn button E at the other end of the said suds-box, whichengages With the opposite end of the said rub- 4o ber C. This rubber iscomposed o'f a series ot' slats F, which are longitudinally ribbed orcorrugated on their upper faces and which are constructed to have theiredges in abutting relation. Each of the slats is provided withtransverse kerfs on both sides near each end to receive the Wires f,Which bind the slats together., Two of these wires f are provided foreach end of the rubber, and the slats are bound together by crossing theWires from one side to the other in front of 5o each slat as the same isbound in. These Wires, being embedded in the slats, citer no projectingjoint to engage with and tear the clothing in process of Washing andalso hold the several slats in their relative position.

The vibrating rubber G is of usual construction, and its Working face isof corrugated metal and is mounted on a swinging bail Il, so as to adaptitself to the bulk of clothing in the suds-box and be swung back 6o outof the way in the ordinary manner When placing clothes in or removingthem from the suds-box. The bail comprises tWo arms h h, which arepivotally connected at their outer ends to the sides of the suds-box, astraight portion h, intermediate of the arms 7L and on which the rubberG is mounted, crank portions 7a2, connecting the ends of the straightportions 7L With the arms 7L, and an extended loop 7a3, which projectsfor a 7o short distance parallel With one of the handles of the rubberG. The locking-bolt I is mounted on a cross-bar g of the rubber G and isconstructed to slide through the handles of the rubber G, contiguous tothe extended loop h3 and through an eyec' on the said cross-bar. \Vhenit is desired to lock the rubber G to the bail ll, the bolt I isprojected beyond the handle of the said rubberand engaged with theextended loop h3, as shown 8o most clearly in Fig. l.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. In a Wasl1ing-n1achine,the combination, 85 with a suds-box and aswinging bail having an extended loop, as h3, of a vibrating rubbermounted on the said bail and a lockingbolt carried by the said rubberand con structed to engage with the said extended 9o loop and lock therubber and bail together, substantially as set forth.

2. In a Washing-machine, the combination, With the suds-box and avibrating rubber, of a swinging bail consisting of the arms 7L, 95 whichare pivoted to the sides of the suds-box, a straight portion 7L', onwhich the said rubber is mounted, crank portions 712, connecting theparts h with the end's of the part 71', and In testimony whereof Iafxmysignature in the extended loop h3, and the locking-bolt I, presence oftwo Witnesses.

mounted on a eross-bar of the rubber and ,f adapted to be projectedthrough :L handle of ALEXANDER H' SHAMBAUGH' the said rubber and engagedwith the said \Vitnesses:

extended loop h3, substantially as and for the MICHAEL DOLAN, purposedescribed. DANIEL PILGRIM.

